Updated First Announcement 13th Annual Oxford - European Wound Healing Summer School St Anne’s College, Oxford University; 1-4 July, 2009. Download the Registration Form ATTENTION! SAVE £50 EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION Register before 15th April: £375
First Announcement 12th Annual European Pressure Ulcer Meeting "Pressure ulcers - not just a disease of the elderly - are your patients at risk?" 3-5 September 2009, AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Download the flyer and registration form (PDF) Early Bird Registration - Save £50! Register before 18th April: Members £250 Non members £300	AWTRS 2010 ~ Crossing the Boundaries The Australasian Wound and Tissue Repair Society invites you to join us for our 2nd Conference. Invited speakers are exceptional researchers in the fields of cell biology, immunology, tissue engineering, cellular biomechanics & more. Date: 22-24 March, 2010 Venue: Perth Western Australia Website: awtrs2010.mtci.com.aum Download the AWTRS 2010 flyer (PDF)
China - Oxford International Medicine Web Site - Now Online	Developing Countries - Now Online
1st Announcement and call for Abstracts Oxford - South American Wound Healing School-Conference Sheraton Miramar Hotel & Convention Center, Viña del Mar, Near Santiago, Chile; Postponed until 14th - 19th March 2010 Theme: Utilisation of wound healing knowledge for practical treatment of patients. Download the flyer (PDF) and registration form (PDF)

The major aim of the programme at Oxford is directed towards clinical trials on the therapeutic efficacy of wound healing agents and regimens on chronic wounds, particularly venous leg ulcers. Some of the first trials on hydrocolloid and hydrogel dressings such as DuoDerm (Granuflex), Intrasite (previously known as Scherisorb) and calcium/sodium alginate dressings (Kaltostat) as well as comparative prospective bandaging trials (short stretch versus four layer) were performed at the Oxford Wound Healing Unit.

Wound healing clinical research continues today looking at new agents such as growth factors, tissue engineered products for wound closure and the effect of warming on healing. The success of the programme is made possible by the enthusiasm and hard work of experienced wound healing research nurses involved in the clinical trials. This has allowed not only the assessment of treatment regimens in a hospital outpatient clinical environment, but also in the community where the majority of chronic wounds are managed. Terence Ryan, Emeritus Professor in Dermatology, is the unit's clinical advisor and plays a major part in the programme.